Louÿs (Pierre) The Adventures of King Pausole.
£120
Translated by Charles Hope Lumley
New York, for William Godwin, 1933.
First US edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
The first US edition of the first English-language translation of this text, preceded by the Fortune Press edition of 1929, and the original French edition in 1901. Beresford Egan’s characteristic illustrations reflect perfectly the wit & satirical glee of the text, a tale of the pursuit of amorous hedonism.
In stock
Cloth slightly sunned at head of spine; jacket with some wear to spine ends and fore corners, slight loss to head of spine, browning visible to lower panel.
Frontispiece, illustrations and jacket artwork by Beresford Egan.
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